"Ever had a drawn bow with a fire arrow right at your face? I swear... I could've passed out enough bricks to rebuild the castle of Camelot!" argued Ashley while the group giggled.
"I mean... You deserved it when you challenged the creature that could bring down the stars with one swish of her tail... I didn't dare to step in since I would have been obliterated alongside you. Ysabeau did so because Mavislin was closer to her and would stop her powers instantly."
"What was Mavislin's crime? I thought your group would never hurt the humans since you've made it clear that the motto of the Arks was to live in peace with the humans?" asked Bryan, interested in the Mages' past.
"If you put it like that, I would think Mavislin would have the lowest kill count amongst us. I co-founded the Congregation, and Old Man Pond was my blood brother. Together, we have wreaked havoc amongst the humans for fun since we didn't have anything to do."
"We loved watching humans scream and freak out upon seeing our powers. Then, slowly, we found others who shared the same history as us and were Mages. But that's when Old Man Pond decided to challenge the Mafia and create his group; the Congregation of Mages."
"From then on, the Mafia was always on the keen lookout for us, waiting for the chance to bring us down. But in the end, the internal affairs crumbled the organization. I won't deny that I've killed many people to protect the Mages of the Congregation."
"But I'm not the only guilty one. Ysabeau, before joining us, had murdered several towns in a fit of rage after losing her family. Z had been a frontline fighter and trainer to the newcomers of the Congregation until Old Man Pond transferred him into a backline department."
"The Galaxian Mage was later in charge of the experimental department of the Congregation, which meant that he tested on various beings, including humans to fulfill Old Man Pond's... Whimsical fantasies. Least to say, Z has killed more people than the populous of the Campania Domain."
"And of the experiments was the Enhanced Soldiers Project which created Baldwin, turning him from a loving father to monstrous killer. When Baldwin's daughter was burned on the stake, the Angry Man created the large river channel in Albion and killed everything around it."
"Raiyen was known to be the top assassin for the Congregation and had a lot of confirmed kills within the Congregation's archives. Unfortunately, I think the Time Mage still hides the truth from us during his time as Blue Dagger. So that leaves Mavislin, the latest to join the group."
"Despite being a child, Mavislin knocked out the competition for the tryouts that year with her spell of Helios. In that era, most Mages used Water or Wind spells because it was much easier to control. Helios is still the basic Fire Spell, but the one she pulled off was only for the Valokians."
"Only the one blessed by the Empress of Helios would have such a spell, and Mavislin managed to mix her Valokian Light into the spell, creating her version of Helios. And it was the strongest Fire spell we had ever seen coming from a small girl with a hood."
"So yea... If you think we are innocent of murdering people, think again. Because amongst us, there's the one responsible for destroying an entire race and planet while also killing nearby planets," warned Gillian, eyeing the group.
"I guess we all have skeletons in our closets... We aren't saints either..." whispered Rina, looking away.
"Every saint has a past... Every sinner has a future. So don't feel so bad about your past hindering your future. Anyways, Bryan wanted to know what was Mavislin's crime, right?" asked the Marksman, looking at the Slayer.
"Yes, because you said that you were after the Valkyrie because of a crime she had done... But why only her when the whole gang was there?"
"I may be crazy enough to join the Mafia despite having a nobleman's background, but I'm not suicidal enough to pull that suggestion off. When I saw those Mages, I knew that I could only wound one and get out before I turn into their meal..." answered Ashley, scratching his head.
"Oi! Not every Mage likes human meat, you know?! But that's beside the point... No one dared to go near us because we looked like grown adults who could level mountains to sea level with a single punch... Even the Mafia isn't that absurd to send only one person to kill us," argued Gillian.
"Mavislin's crime was the killing of a village in the Campania, which housed the distant relatives of the Dalles Family. That branch of the family was responsible for creating weaponry."